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Webinars for financial professionals

On-demand webinars on topics important to your business.

Retirement legislation

Get the latest retirement news from Capitol Hill and find out what's happening with current retirement reform and legislation.

Retirement research and thought capital

Discover retirement thought leadership and research insights to connect with clients and participants.

Investments and economic insights

Read global insights and quick takes on the capital markets from Principal Asset Management.

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Retirement plan prospecting

Want to find new clients or expand existing relationships? Check out our retirement plan prospecting resources to help you earn respect and solve plan sponsor challenges.

How to use the Form 5500 as a prospecting tool (PDF)

Small Plan prospecting checklist (PDF)

Boost your retirement plan practice (PDF)

Why be in the retirement plan business? (PDF)

6 easy steps to support LinkedIn success (PDF)

Retirement plan comparison chart (PDF)

Create and market a value proposition to land more retirement plan clients

A simple, yet powerful "promise of value" can help you attract and retain clients.

Four simple steps to create a value proposition (PDF)

Adding data security to your value prop (PDF)

Value proposition: financial professional samples (PDF)

Marketing your value proposition (PDF)

Resources and ideas to build new relationships in retirement

Small business retirement plans can be a great way to increase and diversify your revenue.

Benchmark retirement plans for your small clients. And share with them so they can benchmark their benefits for a holistic package view.

Total Retirement Solutions
Give your clients access to a single holistic view of all their retirement plans with the expertise they’re looking for.

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Retirement materials for participants and plan sponsors

Fees, investments, financial wellness, and more. Client-ready materials save you time and help you make an impact for your clients.

Resources to help participants

Resources to help plan sponsors

Fees

Understanding how retirement plan fees can be paid (PDF)

Fee policy statement

Help your clients develop a repeatable, defendable process. This non-branded template can help you create a fee policy statement for all your clients.
DC fee policy statement (DOC)
DB fee policy statement (DOC)

Retirement plan fee levelization

Fee levelization remains an important topic. Use these resources to tee up conversations and help clients develop a repeatable, defendable process.

Fee evaluation workbook

A workbook that can help you determine if the costs of a retirement plan are reasonable compared to the value received.
Download fee evaluation workbook (PDF)

Investments

Investment policy statement

Sample investment policy statements you can share with plan sponsors.
DC investment policy statement (DOC)
DB investment policy statement (DOC)

Target date analyzer

Easily evaluate and compare target date funds with your clients.

Plan administration

Client service calendar

Share this customizable calendar with your clients to help them stay on top of key dates regarding their retirement plan.
Download calendar (DOC)

Managing fiduciary duties remotely and retirement plan governance (PDF)

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